Tokyo 2019

Tokyo was the final stop of our 2019 Japan trip.
Our base was the very cool Hotel Gracery Shinjuku which is fronted by the massive integrated Godzilla statue.
Cherry Blossom season was starting to hit full bloom by the time we arrived, no needless to say this part of the trip was mainly made up of cherry blossoms, temples and food.
Shinjuku was a great place for a base. The first night we got our bearing by doing a very cool food tour with Ninja Food Tours (The Best of Izakaya tour). We visited some great places, but even better - our guide emailed us after the tour with the list of all the places that we went, and another massive list of other hidden gems to try on the rest of our trip. This list mixed with • www.picrumb.com , we had the best local eats while we were there.
The basic list of things that we did (in no particular order) is:
- teamLab Borderless digital art museum - this was unreal. Make sure you book online well beforehand.
- Watched Sumo Morning Practice
- Shibuya Crossing
- walked through Harajuku
- morning visit to Tsukiji Fish Market - the old markets - we probably didn't go early enough. we got there late morning and a lot of the markets we towards the end of trading. It was still worth the visit.
- Roppongi Hills complex. We took the elevator up to the 52nd floor Tokyo City View observation deck of the Mori Tower to see the great views of the city.
- Shinjuku Gyoen Garden
- a number of night caps at Golden Gai
- Meguro River cherry blossoms
- Kabukicho red light district (this was right next to where we were staying)
- caught up with our mate Yas at his favourite sushi restaurant in Ginza - awesome!
- the awesome Misono - the sister restaurant of the originator of Teppanyaki (the Kobe restaurant). This was an amazing teppanyaki restaurant with awesome views of the city from the 52nd floor.